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Solflare announced that new validators are now online. Users can now manually unstake from Solflare (Legacy) and stake to the new validators, or wait for the application update to migrate.The official team will compensate for the rewards interrupted during the migration period, with specific duration and details to be announced later.

On October 29, WEEX Exchange announced that the GRAM trading airdrop is ongoing, with a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT. During the event, new users who net deposit ≥ 100 U and complete their first GRAM spot trading (no limit on trading volume) will receive a reward of 10 USDT; if the first GRAM spot trading results in a loss, a platform compensation of up to 50 USDT can be obtained; if the cumulative spot trading volume of GRAM reaches ≥ 500 USDT, users can unlock a lucky blind box worth 5-50 USDT; inviting friends to participate in the event can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that despite the political tensions with the United States, Russia is still coordinating with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and other American partners on low Earth orbit satellite networks. Putin referred to Musk as a "true genius," emphasizing the importance of ensuring non-interference in orbit.Russia is developing a system similar to "Starlink" called "Rassvet," which is planned to provide commercial services next year and deploy over 900 satellites by 2035.

On October 28, WEEX Exchange announced that the UNI trading airdrop event is ongoing, with a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT. During the event, new users who net deposit ≥ 100 U and complete their first UNI spot trading (no limit on trading volume) will receive a reward of 10 USDT; if the first UNI spot trade incurs a loss, the platform will provide a compensation of up to 50 USDT; if the UNI spot trading volume ≥ 500 USDT, users can unlock a lucky blind box worth 5-50 USDT; inviting friends to participate in the event can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards.

Web3 infrastructure and payment network Diamante announced that its ecosystem has experienced a security breach involving unauthorized activities by malicious actors. Upon discovery, the team immediately activated emergency security protocols and coordinated with exchange partners, market makers, liquidity providers, and listing partners to suspend affected withdrawals and transfers, restrict unauthorized asset movement, and prevent further exploitation.Diamante stated that the investigation has identified the suspected attackers and is coordinating with law enforcement agencies, government entities, and jurisdictional partners in multiple countries to seek legal action and asset recovery. A comprehensive incident review has been initiated to determine the cause of the breach, the sequence of events, the scope of affected assets, and to strengthen the infrastructure. Diamante is committed to ensuring that every affected participant is fully compensated and will continue to update the incident scope, asset recovery progress, and protective measures upon obtaining verified information.

According to a post by Bloom Trading, in response to the recent incidents of wallet asset theft, the platform stated that it will fully compensate all financial losses for 9 affected users (a total of 49 wallets) and will transfer the compensation funds directly into the users' designated new secure wallets, without the need to establish a special compensation fund.

Elon Musk predicts that the number of Starlink satellites will reach 100,000 within 3 years, increasing network capacity by 100 times.

The cryptocurrency exchange OKX has launched OKX Shield in the United States. OKX stated that this mechanism can provide up to $500,000 in protection if a customer's account is hacked.Andrew Cuomo, a member of the OKX board and former governor of New York, said: "This is the level of trust we have in our own system. It's like putting your money where your mouth is, right? What we are doing is exactly that."

Strive announced that its newly issued preferred stock SATS has raised $630 million through its initial public offering (IPO) and has been listed on Nasdaq. The raised funds will be used to purchase more Bitcoin and income-generating assets.The preferred stock has a fixed annual dividend rate of 15%, paid daily, with the first dividend scheduled to be distributed on November 9.

Reflex Aerospace, a German satellite company, is expanding satellite production in Europe with the support of NVIDIA's planned investment.

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou recently stated in an interview with Wu Shuo that Bybit has covered the losses caused by previous attacks from North Korean hackers through operational income such as transaction fees by the end of last year. He believes that there will still be trading platforms that encounter hacker attacks in the future, and the security system should be designed with the premise of "assuming it will definitely be hacked."Regarding competition, Ben Zhou believes that the golden period for the expansion of global trading platforms has passed, and the industry will further consolidate. Regional trading platforms with licenses and local operational capabilities still have opportunities. He revealed that Bybit's profits have declined year-on-year this year, and traditional asset trading businesses such as stocks are currently not enough to offset the impact brought by the cryptocurrency business.In terms of the U.S. market, he stated that Bybit is still waiting for the right opportunity to enter and is more inclined to cooperate with local institutions that have a retail user base. The core strategy for the next year will focus on regional development and deep localization. He also discussed the differences between the Bitget security incident and the Bybit theft incident, as well as the data security challenges brought by the large-scale application of AI within the platform.

The Tencent Cloud WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy teams released a notice regarding "Explanation of DeepSeek Model Service Abnormalities and Compensation Announcement." In response to the previous abnormalities in the DeepSeek model service, the team will fully refund the points consumed by affected users during the period from October 8 to 14.The announcement also offers an additional 500 points to all users of the domestic versions of WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy. Previously, DeepSeek apologized for the service system failure and announced a compensation plan, stating that the consumption amount of affected user accounts within 7 days (from October 8 to 14) will be fully refunded in the form of bonus points.

Strive announced that the SATS IPO issuance scale has been expanded to 700 million dollars, with an issuance price of 90 dollars per share. The CEO of Strive stated that relevant details will be discussed in the next episode of HurdleRatePod, which will be released after the IPO settles next Tuesday.

The liquid staking token bOSMO issued by Backbone Labs nearly exhausted its contract support after a large redemption in the Osmosis community pool. A disclosure on the Osmosis forum on October 15 revealed that approximately 40,508 OSMO were designated for compensation to 1,037 accounts. The disclosure author Johnny Wyles stated that the staking contract has overpaid for each redemption since at least April 2026, settling at approximately 1.676 OSMO per bOSMO, while the declared exchange rate of the contract was about 1.117 OSMO.The vulnerability repeatedly counted the OSMO staked on Backbone's own validators, allowing redeemers to receive about 50% more assets, at the cost of diluting the support for remaining holders. The defect was exposed when preparing to liquidate the community pool position, and the passed governance proposal 1049 authorized the withdrawal of the Margined managed treasury position and the destruction of the reclaimed OSMO when it ceased managing liquidity operations. The pool's bOSMO treasury holds approximately 1.137 million bOSMO, accounting for about 97% of the total supply of the token; the redemption transaction executed on October 9 at 21:59 ET destroyed 776,000 bOSMO and began unbinding approximately 1.3 million OSMO.Compensation is based on the qualified balance at block 72,237,940, calculated at 1.1174 OSMO per bOSMO. bOSMO purchased after the snapshot is not included in the compensation, and underlying holders in the liquidity pool and other contracts are also included;

Market news reports that the European Union is preparing to accelerate the advancement of satellite projects to compete with SpaceX.

Vice President Joe Burnett of Strive posted on platform X that investors can now participate in the SATS perpetual preferred stock IPO through Fidelity.

Bitcoin Treasury Company Strive (ASST) announced the launch of a new class of perpetual preferred stock, SATS, with a fixed dividend rate of 15%. The company plans to issue 5 million shares at a price of $100 per share, raising a total of $500 million.The new shares will have a lower repayment priority than Strive's existing perpetual preferred stock, SATA, which has a floating dividend rate currently at 13%. Like SATA, SATS will pay dividends daily. After the issuance is completed, the company plans to set aside a dividend reserve equivalent to 18 months of SATS dividend payments. The proceeds will be used to purchase Bitcoin, acquire income-generating assets, or repurchase shares.Strive has been continuously increasing its Bitcoin holdings recently. The company purchased 3,311 Bitcoins last week, bringing its total holdings to 32,773 Bitcoins, valued at approximately $2.7 billion at current prices, compared to less than 20,000 Bitcoins three months ago. Unlike most Bitcoin treasury companies, including larger peers like Strategy, Strive has been able to significantly expand its Bitcoin holdings in recent weeks.